Rule britannia

[JohnOfSheffield]

While i do realise that this may be seen as a callout thread for the likes of [redacted] i hope the mods will give me some leeway considering the recent trolling of these characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNfvJc99YY&feature=related

When Britain first, at Heaven's command
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose from, arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter, the charter of the Land
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke.
As the loud blast, the blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root the native oak.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down;
All their, all their attempts to bend thee down.
Will but arouse; arouse thy gen'rous flame,
But work their woe and their renown.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

The Muses still with Freedom found
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Shall to thy happy, happy coast repair.
Blest isle with matchless, with matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Feel free to stand in attention and honour the greatest nation this earth has ever seen, responsible for all of western democracy and never ending fighting spirit in all areas where needed.

God save The Queen and good night from the land of Hope and Glory.

Jake

 

[monovillage]

God Save the Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9EC3Gy6Nk

 

[monovillage]

And for our good Canadian friends.
Oh Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBoItR59REQ&feature=related

 

[JEDIYoda]

While i do realise that this may be seen as a callout thread for the likes of RabidMongrel, CanOSheit and Nebor i hope the mods will give me some leeway considering the recent trolling of these characters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNfvJc99YY&feature=related

When Britain first, at Heaven's command
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose from, arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter, the charter of the Land
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke.
As the loud blast, the blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root the native oak.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down;
All their, all their attempts to bend thee down.
Will but arouse; arouse thy gen'rous flame,
But work their woe and their renown.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

The Muses still with Freedom found
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Shall to thy happy, happy coast repair.
Blest isle with matchless, with matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves!
Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves.

Feel free to stand in attention and honour the greatest nation this earth has ever seen, responsible for all of western democracy and never ending fighting spirit in all areas where needed.

God save:thumbsup: The Queen and good night from the land of Hope and Glory.

Jake

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[CanOWorms]

Is there some sort of special event? There's no news or politics in this thread. I suppose we can debate the following:

Feel free to stand in attention and honour the greatest nation this earth has ever seen, responsible for all of western democracy and never ending fighting spirit in all areas where needed.

Personally, I feel that the British Empire was the worst nation this earth has ever seen, especially considering the vast devastation and destruction they left. We're still suffering from their follies.

I also have to question how it's responsible for all of western democracy when it was against giving freedom and democracy to most of its colonies. The UK had to suffer repeated and humiliating military defeats in order for many of its colonies to have democracy.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Is there some sort of special event? There's no news or politics in this thread. I suppose we can debate the following:



Personally, I feel that the British Empire was the worst nation this earth has ever seen, especially considering the vast devastation and destruction they left. We're still suffering from their follies.

I also have to question how it's responsible for all of western democracy when it was against giving freedom and democracy to most of its colonies. The UK had to suffer repeated and humiliating military defeats in order for many of its colonies to have democracy.

Why are you being lame???
Did you not read the whole post?
Or do you just pick and choose so you can come across as a smart elec?

While i do realise that this may be seen as a callout thread for the likes of RabidMongrel, CanOSheit and Nebor i hope the mods will give me some leeway considering the recent trolling of these characters.

 

[Veliko]

Personally, I feel that the British Empire was the worst nation this earth has ever seen

You seem confused about what an empire is and what constitutes a nation.

 

[CanOWorms]

Why are you being lame???
Did you not read the whole post?
Or do you just pick and choose so you can come across as a smart elec?

While i do realise that this may be seen as a callout thread for the likes of RabidMongrel, CanOSheit and Nebor i hope the mods will give me some leeway considering the recent trolling of these characters.

So?

 

[CanOWorms]

You seem confused about what an empire is and what constitutes a nation.

It doesn't really matter. IMO, the two possible entities are both among the most evil to grace this earth.

 

[cybrsage]

I was going to post that Britannia was not responsible for all of western democracy, but then I realized that if the King (way back when) would have have been treating the American colonists so poorly, we would not have created the nation which is responsible for al of western democracy.

So I suppose you guys do get the credit for causing the American colonists to create a democracy.

 

[cybrsage]

It doesn't really matter. IMO, the two possible entities are both among the most evil to grace this earth.

Wow, you have an odd sense of "most evil". Pol Pot's regime killed about 21% of the population of his own nation. That is pretty evil. Next time you are in the grocery store, look around...1 out of every 5 of them would have been killed...

 

[Veliko]

It doesn't really matter. IMO, the two possible entities are both among the most evil to grace this earth.

Sorry, what doesn't matter?

You don't know the difference between an 'empire' and a 'nation' - how can that not matter when commenting on them?

 

[cybrsage]

I know the difference. An Empire is the a guy who you yell at when your team is fouled but no penalty is given, such as "That empire is blind as a bat!". A Nation is a vague idea about something, such as "I have a nation that CanOWorms does not like the British very much."

Combined together in a sentence, you get "I bet that empire doesn't have the slightest nation about the rules of the game at all!".

 

[Steeplerot]

responsible for all of western democracy and never ending fighting spirit in all areas where needed.

Hate to piss on your parade but that would be ancient Greeks, the word itself was coined from δῆμος (dēmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos) "power", in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states. It took Anglicans a LONG time after, if anything modern Democracy as we know it is a French/USA thing.

Speaking of the French, great job on getting owned by a French Girl..what was her name..Joan of Arc..oh yeah lol


But yeah, you held your own against Jerry in the 20th well, Well, except WW1 was awesome the way it was a meat grinder for no good reason, whistle blows, 100s of thousands of perfectly well trained UK soldiers get machined gun down for 20 square feet of blasted land. But good job in WW2 on not getting invaded after the battle of Britain though, damn lucky really about that radar and that whole Russian invasion thing distracting mustache boi.

Oh yeah, great one with Falklands, got how many big nice ships sunk in the fleet by missiles in the 1980s to take what...a godawful rock in the middle of nowhere?

This century may I suggest sticking to being the USAs errand runner/lackeys or what you do best, fighting dudes with sharpened mangos in Africa somewhere. (yes I am a Blackadder fan)

With that said, UK is cool, BBC is head and shoulders above any crap we call mass media here, the wit thing usually works well, the accent sounds smart to people in polite conversation, and the young ones is the coolest sitcom ever. As long as you can forget about all the damn annoying chavs, history of brutal imperialism, the apartheid thing and of course the class BS) But I dont know what those guys problem is, but you should lay off the booze though. It's unbecoming of a gentleman.

 

[ichy]

I have much respect for the UK as it was back in the day (they've since become hopelessly decadent but then again so has the US) but seeing this coming from a loudmouth Walt is amusing.

 

[zsdersw]

Without you guys we wouldn't have Top Gear... which would be very, very sad.

 

[HAL9000]

I love you England. Greatest country on Earth.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

While i do realise that this may be seen as a callout thread for the likes of RabidMongrel, CanOSheit and Nebor i hope the mods will give me some leeway considering the recent trolling of these characters.

It's a call out thread and should be dealt with accordingly.

 

[Dari]

Look at the British now. They've become slaves to the surveillance tapes and are over-regulated. I would never want to live in that cesspool of conformity.

 

[Craig234]

I do find it perverse that the more powerful countries who exploit others are very loud about 'defending' themselves.

"Britons never, ever, ever shall be slaves."

Britons making slaves of others, however - in the past, colonial times - not a problem.

England has made a magnificent turn towards freedom however, giving up empire. Now, to help the world encourage all nations to do the same long-term.

We need freedom for the world - not for countries to be pressured to be the top dog because 'if they don't, someone else will', so we're guaranteed tyranny by someone.

 

[Craig234]

Look at the British now. They've become slaves to the surveillance tapes and are over-regulated. I would never want to live in that cesspool of conformity.

What are the real impacts of the security cameras?

The pros and cons about how they actually infringe versus protect? Evidence?

 

[irishScott]

I was going to post that Britannia was not responsible for all of western democracy, but then I realized that if the King (way back when) would have have been treating the American colonists so poorly, we would not have created the nation which is responsible for al of western democracy.

So I suppose you guys do get the credit for causing the American colonists to create a democracy.

It goes a little further than that, remember that our ancestors went to war to "reclaim their rights as Englishmen", much of which they saw in English common law. So you can sort of credit the Brits with inspiring the creation of the most powerful nation in world history, guess they had to choose a replacement eventually.

 

[ichy]

England has made a magnificent turn towards freedom however, giving up empire. Now, to help the world encourage all nations to do the same long-term.

We need freedom for the world - not for countries to be pressured to be the top dog because 'if they don't, someone else will', so we're guaranteed tyranny by someone.

And a lot of those places were better off as colonies of the British. Compare Rhodesia to today's Zimbabwe.

 

[Broheim]

Hate to piss on your parade but that would be ancient Greeks, the word itself was coined from δῆμος (dēmos) "people" and κράτος (kratos) "power", in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states. It took Anglicans a LONG time after, if anything modern Democracy as we know it is a French/USA thing.

I suspect that the germanic people have held things (þing) since that time, the problem is nobody bothered writing stuff down.

 

[gingermeggs]

Is there some sort of special event? There's no news or politics in this thread. I suppose we can debate the following:



Personally, I feel that the British Empire was the worst nation this earth has ever seen, especially considering the vast devastation and destruction they left. We're still suffering from their follies.

I also have to question how it's responsible for all of western democracy when it was against giving freedom and democracy to most of its colonies. The UK had to suffer repeated and humiliating military defeats in order for many of its colonies to have democracy.

It's probably due to Australia day tomorrow, which along with Canada are still party to the British Commonwealth of nations and in lew of the fact America has done everything wrong to destroy creditable faith in republicanism-same as the Soviets have for communism- are still better off economically, the empire that failed to die.......
Her Majesty the Queen, a ringin' of eastern german origin the Coberg-sax family-INTER BRED THATt with the Phillip the husband of EII who is a greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh) and you really get some ugly looking inbred people with high level educations and ordinary IQ levels.
Remeber her uncle quit the scene thinking it was so outdated and marrying a ex-catholic american woman with not much wealth was a better life for a human being, Edward was a good man.
Diana was a Spencer she had more lineage to the original monarchy then any of the house of "Windsor" a whole lot prettier too.
My prediction is Harry will be king his elder brother Will dies in an accident, like his mum.
Their national debt is a fraction of the USA'S so they will be forced to denounce the US sooner or later.